Re: Fw: Administrivia: ORBS

["Edward S. Marshall" <emarshal () logic net>]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Shawn McMahon wrote:
> If they can't test you, they rub two neurons together and test you from 
> another address.

Ah. That scales wonderfully, and makes them the equivilent of roaming
spammers. Great idea. I'm sure Alan and company will act on that right
away.

You honestly think moving the automated probes from network to network is
a good idea?

> Perhaps you should read their FAQ before asking questions about their
> service.

Actually, I'm extremely familiar with their service; I'm a long-time
supporter of ORBS.

Perhaps you should go back and read the NANOG archives for the multitude
of times this subject has come up in the past.

> The only way you can prevent them from having any means of testing you is:
>
> Close your relay.

I wholeheartedly agree. What does this have to do with your original
statement that ORBS has gone too far by manually listing address ranges
which specifically block the relay probes?

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Edward S. Marshall <emarshal () logic net>          http://www.xnet.com/~emarshal/
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